Scale-frame part



March 26, 1929. o, CQ REEvEg 1,706,963

SCALE FRAME PART Filed July 27, 1925 M gwlwnoz 0rv.e// Eea Ves,

Patented Mar. 26, `1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE.

ORW'ELL C. REEVES, 0F TOLEDO, H, ASSIGNOR 'EO TOLEDO SCALE CMPANY, OF

TGIJEDG, OHIO, A COR-PGRATIN QF NEW JERS SCALE-FRAME PART.

Application filed July 27, 1925. Serial No. 46,376.

The invention covered by this applicaing rods 5 being placed substauitially as 45 tion relates to frames o Weighingscales, shown. An opening (3 is provided adjaand paiticularly to the part of a. weighing cent the center of the rear side of the deck scale freine upon which is supported the' through 'which the connections from the 5 column or cabinet that supports the loadplatform lever mechanism of the scale to counierbalancing and indicating inechathe loadcounterbalancing and indicatii'ig 5o nisni. This part of the scale frame is usuinechanisln i y pass. Bolt holes 7 are proolly called the deck, and it is the principal vided or fastening the deck down to the object of this invention to provide a rigid other parts of the scale traine. Since the l0 deck structure Which may be made of ine si les 2 and ends 3 of the frame entend expensive material and Without the use of slightly inwardly, the concrete slab e' which special machinery. forms the body of the Yiii-aine and the steel Another object is to provi-de a rigid deck sheet are securely held together.

adapted to so support the load-counter- The embodiment ci iny invention herein 15 balancing;i and indicating inecl'ianisin of the shown and described to be regarded as ilscale that the accuracy of the scale is not lustrative only7 and it is to be understood c() affected by deflection in the deck resulting `that the invention is susceptible to variafrom the WeiOht of the operator or from tion, inodiiication and change Within the other loads being placed upon it. spirit and scope oi" the subjoined claims.

i) @ther objects and advantages will be ap- Having described niy invention, I claim: parent from the following description, in l. A deck for Weighing' scales co1npris- G5 which reference is had to the accoinpaiiyinscg` ing7 in combination, a sheet of inetal havdrawings illustratinAg,r a preferred einbodi ing its edges turned downwardly to forni nient of my invention and wherein similar the lateral sides and ends oi such deck7 the 25 refeienee numerals designate similar parts space boundeiil by the body of the sheet of throughout the several views. inetal and the donfnturi'ied edges thereof 7o ln the (ilrawingszbeing hlled with concrete. lligure l 1s a plan 'ieiv oil. the deck pon 2. A deck for Weighing scales comprising7 tion of a Weighing scale iframe en'ibofflying in combina 'om a sheet of metal having its :o n'iy invention; end ed turned downwardly and slightly inifi-ure VIl is e longitudinal sectional view wan ly 'to 'forni the lateral sides and ends 7 of the deck shown :in lligure l. of such deck7 the space bounded by the body ln the embodiment shown 'the upper tace of the sheet of nu l and jdie downturned l and die lateral sides 2 and ends il of the edges thereoii'f being iilied with concrete. deck are composed of a single piece of sheet A deck for Weighing scales comprising, nietal, the edges of the sheet being turned in combination, a sheet olf metal. having' its S0 downwardly and slightly inwardly to orin edges turned downwardly and slightly inthe sides 2 and ends 3. Wardly to forni the lateral sides and ends The body 0I" the deck is formed of reinof such deck, the space bounded by the body 40 forced concrete o the sheet olf lnetel anl the downturned ln constructing the deck the piece of sheet edges thereof being filed with conci-ete, and S5 nietal which forms the top, lateral sides and reinforcingmaterial in'ibedded in said cononds of the deck is turned upside down and crete. the concrete is poured into it, the reinforc- ORVVELL C. REEVES. 

